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Sylvia's Waiting List

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So a call was made to Sylvia's office today, and there is allegedly still a 4-year wait list to get a reading from her, while Chris's wait is about 6 months.

Can it be that her business is not floundering under the sea of bad press in the last six months? It's amazing!

Or do you think that perhaps the office is trying to coyly inflate the time it really takes to get a reading from her--so as not to give away the reality that her reading list has dropped to some devastating level, like one year or whatever?

Can her business still be doing this well?
 
Is she bright enough to use that kind of guile instead of going for the immediate access to the money?
 
Ask anyone that has had a reading from Sylvia or Chris and they all got a call saying that there was a cancellation and they could be moved up.

This is just another example of lying in order to propogate people into action in booking an appointment, and in finishing the transaction by having them think that they can get bumped up to now instead of waiting for 4 years.

It's a sales technique that has worked well for them over the years.

As for her business floundering, one must remember that publicly, only the Anderson Cooper stories have really been the main publicity about her fraud, and until more stories hit the news don't expect to see huge drops in her business. Although even 1 less book bought, one less lecture seat sold, one less cruise taken will eventually add up, but those that have info must come forward to speed up this process.
 
Those who have written to me about a Browne phone reading, when they have mentioned how long they waited, it seems that the longest wait was one year.
 
PastBrowneFan said:
Ask anyone that has had a reading from Sylvia or Chris and they all got a call saying that there was a cancellation and they could be moved up.

This is just another example of lying in order to propogate people into action in booking an appointment, and in finishing the transaction by having them think that they can get bumped up to now instead of waiting for 4 years.

It's a sales technique that has worked well for them over the years.
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I get it. It's the illusion of a deadline and a bargain all at once. Now all she has to do is say she normally charges an even more exorbant fee, but is reducing it to the minimum she can handle for the sake of the client, and the pressure is really on.
 
Or: "Hi honey, this is Sylvia's office here. I know you have a date for a reading with Sylvia in 4 years time, but we have a great opportunity to move you up the list tomorrow because of a death in the list. There's an additional $200 fee to be moved up, but it means you get to speak personally to Sylvia now instead of having to wait. We've offered this opportunity to you because of your past purchases and your faith and light. If you don't wish to talk to Sylvia now, we will offer this chance to one of the other 2000 in the list. Whaddaya say?"
 
NotARepublican said:
So a call was made to Sylvia's office today, and there is allegedly still a 4-year wait list to get a reading from her, while Chris's wait is about 6 months.
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Sounds like a sales pitch. It's not quite the same but when I was a travel agent I was instructed to tell clients that there were only a few seats left even if I knew perfectly well that 90% of the plane was still empty.
 
Reno said:
Or: "Hi honey, this is Sylvia's office here. I know you have a date for a reading with Sylvia in 4 years time, but we have a great opportunity to move you up the list tomorrow because of a death in the list. There's an additional $200 fee to be moved up, but it means you get to speak personally to Sylvia now instead of having to wait. We've offered this opportunity to you because of your past purchases and your faith and light. If you don't wish to talk to Sylvia now, we will offer this chance to one of the other 2000 in the list. Whaddaya say?"
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"But how come Slyvia didn't know last week the guy would die?"
 
Is there any incentive for canceling an appointment? If not, there might be a lot of people that have signed up and when their turn comes around, they decline. In that way, her list may be miles long and indicates a 4 year wait, but the actual number of people really waiting is much smaller.
 
Kilgore Trout said:
Is there any incentive for canceling an appointment? If not, there might be a lot of people that have signed up and when their turn comes around, they decline. In that way, her list may be miles long and indicates a 4 year wait, but the actual number of people really waiting is much smaller.
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No, there's no incentive. When you put your name on the waiting list, that's it. It isn't as though you're paying up front. In fact, the client doesn't pay until approximately one month before the appointment gets scheduled. That's exactly what happens. Thousands of people have put their name on the waiting list and when the office calls them to schedule it and they don't have the money, they just go to the next sucker, oops, person, on the list.

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Yeah...the scarcity principal. "This one is the last one, and it's the floor model, so I can't sell it to you... I tell you what... I will go and talk to my boss, and see what he says if you are certain you want it..."

Of course Sylvia could call, and say, "I just had a premonition that a client was going to pass on before their appointment, and my spiritual guides told me your guardian angels recommend that you get priority for a reading--we have some important news for you..."
 
Yes, this could be the case, seeing as I was "bumped up, out of convenience" from a three year wait in 2001 to a 10-month wait--out of pure "blessing," as it was explained to me.

Yes, I was dumb enough to get a reading from her. I'll admit it.
 
Yes, I did. And then I burned it after immense frustration--not frustration that this charlatan had me for $750, with an in-person reading, for which I flew 2000 miles across the country, but for the frustration of being so--SO--stupid.

And that was that. Up in smoke she went.

Nothing left but a VISA credit card balance, which has since been paid off.

Not to worry, I've already been in touch with RSL, my experiences published.
 
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's busy"
"Too busy to come to the phone"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's tryin'"
"To start a new life of her own"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's happy"
"So why don't you leave her alone?"

CHORUS
And the operator says "40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Ple-ease Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's packin'"
"She's gonna be leavin' today"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's marryin' "
"A fella down Galveston way"
Sylvia's mother says "Please don't say nothin'"
"To make her start cryin' and stay"

CHORUS

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's hurryin' "
"She's catchin' the nine o'clock train"
Sylvia's mother says "Take your umbrella"
"cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain"
And Sylvia's mother says "thank you for callin'"
"And, sir, won't you call back again?"

CHORUS

Tell her goodbye

FADE
Please
Tell her goodbye

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I agree that it's a good tactic to make her look so phenominal that the wait is worth it but couldn't the waiting time be so long because of her cruises, trips and decorating homes and such?
 
In all fairness, with a waiting list that long it's not surprising there are cancellations. Anything could happen during your four year wait for a psychic reading. Your belief in Sylvia's psychic ability might change, or you could have recovered from the lull in your life that led you to make the appointment in the first place.

Still, if there were enough cancellations to reduce the list from four years to one, that is a serious (and somewhat unlikely) problem for Sylvia.
 
What I want to know is that is the real wait even shorter now than what it was before Christmas? The other unanswerable question is how many readings is she doing now compared to before Christmas?
 
She claims to do 20 readings a day. From what I've heard, this is impossible. Many times she cancels; many times she's doing shows, lectures, salons, vacationing, etc. To be honest, no one seems to know exactly how many she does each workday, but probably no more than 10 (which is still a lot of dough at $750 a pop). And who knows if she "works" five days per week; I think it more likely that she works 2 or 3. She is 70, after all.

But this poses another question, ostensibly in her defense (but certainly not): If she's been doing all these readings, between $400 and 750 each throughout the years, she's obviously built up a boat load of money. And she has said she has wanted out of the reading room for years, but couldn't for her organization's sake.

Now that she's 70, and has built up what I'm sure are hefty cash reserves (her son Chris is also a millionaire from this business), why not just let it go and retire? It's almost as if she's sincerely interested in the burgeoning of her business--but not for the sake of money.
 
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